BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 103, 28 April 1903, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Council met oo Monday evening. Present: The M yor( Mr Dockrill), and Ors. Carter, Tisch, Bellringer, St.hr, and L'iJaod. Apology for absence from Or. Webstir wy>s received. I a ward correspondence, was read as follows: The General Manager of Railways wrote stating that before cj-ctric bel'S could be p'aced at the crossings it ■vou'd be necessary to appoint crossing - k open 3, otherwise the risk uf accident would be increased. To instil the bells .vould therefore be a very costly matter, which was not justifi id by the taaffi", especially as at the Devon-street crossing special arrangements had be-:rj made to prevent it.— Received. The Patea County Council wrote asking for co operation in pressing on the Governmenta strong protest, agoinss chei- arbitrary interference iu limiting the legal functiors of the contr. ling bodies under the Alcoholic L'quors Ac, ' and pointing out cases in which de ductions had been in respect of charges incurred at elections. —The Mayor sugi gested thit th; question was one which would be batter dealt with by Ihe new Council, and on his motion this course : was agreed to. The School Commissioners wro* e with | reference to tenancy of s'C-ions 853, , 854 and 888,-06515 with by Reseives Oi>rnmi r 'tfe. . The Harbour B ;a<-d n<">t fi d its willingness 'o lend the Cou-'cil the Board's 1 cement testing ajpratuson condition | hit it was returned in good order. i Mr Thog. Coition wrote asking for an : expression of opinion on the party wall question under the bye-laws, as it -teemed to him that 'i o clause was open to c'.ds'deta'.li vaiition-. He quoted ; he cise of the National Batk building, where only one brick wall was provided, whereas he lnd to erect two brick pa» ty. walls, Cr. Tisch Said this ortainly did seem un anomalous case. —The Ergioesr said the back building was under one ownership and 1 under one pUn and roof, whilst i>i : Mr OoUon's case was two plans ! aud divided occuptney,— Cr Tißch said chat in the case of the B-mk, if portion ' were sublet there should be an enforcement of tho by-laws as in the case of - J. W. Oolsoa.—o'. Bellringer, after dluding tj the alleged breach now in : the hands of the borough solicitor,' • ooioted out that all should be put on j ' he same footing. If th-3 cases of the two pirties in question were on alii s fours, and the CiS j was correctly stated,' > there was something radically wrong, j ' —Or. Oartsr read the by-law bearing [ jo tho question, which bora out the f Engineer's contention.—Or. Bellringer! 9 asked what was the remedy if, after a - building was completed, it was divided up betwtea different owners.—The = Mayor said the intention of the com--1 mittee certainly was that dividing wills ' only should be erected batween proper- J •iee?, and not walls down the centres of any section. In regard to the case mentioned by Or. Bellringer, he had j . <ieard that the pirties in question were : intending to contest the point. He s should, however, not be prepared to ' state his opinion uctil the solicitor had go&e into the matter a,od there was a J egal decision. Hesugges'ed refeiring [ the question to a committee, and i he i new Council should gs fully into the matter.—Or. Tiech said it waß a matter I for the old Councillors, who should de--1 cide the matter, —Or. Carter questioned 1 whether the Bank people should not be ipprised of their pjgition in the evont , of the building being sub-let. Mr, I Oolson explained his position at length. ; ■ —Or. Stohr moved that the matter be referred to the Works Committee. j ;i\ Carter suggested that the matter: ' nhould bo deferred until the recom-j t mendations of the builders as to altera- j , ions to by-laws be received.—Or, Stohr i agreed to this course, which was decided upon. , Louis F. Bullofc, secretary cf the 1 New Plymouth branch of the Tamnaki Master Builders' Association, wrote stating he had received a letter from ' he Secretary of the Associ >.tion stit- j . t'ig that one of the architects had i i written to bim objecting to >f the Association tendering forwmk under any o her conditions but theirs, '■■ tnd drawing attention to the saltwa'eri la'hs tfludeted for a few days since. I . vlr Bullot stated that Mr Boon wasi viliing to have the Associaiions conditions substituted for thosn of the Oouncil, and he asked that this shou'd : be dn e, also thit the Associatiocs conlitious should b?. used in future co-j----rict?. —Refeired to Engineer for a report. Cr. Colli* took his seit. The Engineer repor'ed : Sent am tndod abbatoir pi iri fur fiial approv.il of | Agricultural D partment; plans and i sp;c ficitions fiT band rotunda cornDieted, and teud-jra called; det'ihj irawn out, specif! lotions prepared, ami norders c;lled for 35 ton? cist iron] ma : ns, from Aroa'd storo to ab- j batoic tite, and 100 tons for town extension ; further work dene re permioent crushing site, tut he oousijered j it inadvisable to shift the crusher yet; tenders should be called for delivery of

3ay 1&0 yards a , V(3ek for n , xt montb( j j wiih P oSsiD »y th« option of farther sup-, plies ; plans and levels for s- p' ic tanks j have been put in hand, and will be; sunk on Thursday; progress of work by foreman and staff detailed; turncock recommends a meter on to tbe fire service to gas works; no reply has oi 'esn recflived from Mr Hale re in w fringempnt of bye-laws in building R I'rocadefo; Messrs Sparks and Jury al uive not yet taken any st<ps towards V recting a brick wall at their staples'. ol Report adopted. ti The Works Committee recommended ihat the Engineer ba in his offica at 9 n ».in. on Mondays, Wednesday?, and u S.vturdajs, for the put pose of dealinu tl with applications for budding permits, s —Adopted. si The Keserves Oomtnittro rrcDoi- a mended thit the letter f om the Tara- tl i>>ki School (v'ommis-ionors regardiup b •he tenure of the Gill-su aet yards be 4 It-furred fw the consideration of the b ■lew OoU' C'l. —Adopted. a The Fin wee Committee recom- 3 nendedthat Mossrs Govett and (jut l - o liana's accouat of £B9 5s for completing d bye-laws be passed for pvyment.— 8 \dopted. ' The Town Hall Onnmittse recom- c tended tha". in view of his increased c luties the custodhn of the Hall t i 3 granted an inc e*se of £lO pr d inuum ; that the quesion cf a room in i 1 he Town Hall for the Gjvernme.it ) Sunitary Inspector be deferred for fur- I ther consideration. I Or. Co'ilis, in moving the adoption a of the repo.-t, urged the justice of the a increase to th-> custodian. t The report was adopted, ' A di«cussion arose as to tbe en- c ginear's room being ustd for vo'ing ' puiposrs, it beiag pointed out by Cr. d S'.ohr that it meant two or three los < days to the Engineer, and the surges- f tion was made that oni of the other I ro ms might ba used. - Eventunlly i ' was left in the hands of the Town Ball Committee to make the bast arrange- < ments they cm. ' The Council then went into committee. In Commit' ee, on loan matters, tbe following resolutions were passed: That in view of Dr. Valintine's report, the resolution autbo Uiog the diversion ' of the Mangotuku stream be rescinded; that a copy of Messrs Weston and Weston's letter, re Mr Weale's objection to tho site of the septic tanks, be sent to Mr Mestayer; re valves for water scheme, that Mr Mestayer's recommendation ba adopted; re lauds to be taken for waterworks school", chat the new Council be reepmmeodei to appoint a Committee to visit the site ind decide what lands shall be taken ; that applications be cilled for clerk of works for baths at £3 10s psr week; i that tenders be called for carting metal for crushing, in terms of Engineer's , report; that the Engineer be in- , strutted to report to next meeting cf r Council on a suitable site and design for. a bathing shed for the east end, near the Henui river, cost not to ex- , ceed £2OO. Mr Govett, Secretary of the Pojreo ( tion Ground Board, wrote suggi^'.g r the erection of finger posts at diftJlSnt i parts of the town to direct strangers. This was Bgreed to, I Ll_ SS